From warm white cocoons we blink open eyes dry from blown silt, stretching aching limbs as we slowly come to life. Leaving snoring bunkmates deep…
Author: Emma Patet
Emma is a senior studying Journalism and Gender + Women’s Studies with a certificate in Digital Studies. She recently returned from Southeast Asia, but her heart was left abroad. She longs for her home in Bangkok, where she studied Thai language and film production while making plenty of time for temple-hopping, long boat riding, and rainforest traversing. On most days, she can be found enjoying a milk tea (an addiction she developed in Asia), skateboarding around Madison, or watching a good film. Emma plans to move out West after graduation—how far west is yet to be determined!
It’s not the tropical climate, white sand beaches or abundance of delicious street food that I’ll miss the most about Thailand — it’s the 7-Elevens.…